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PRODUCT NEWS
Siemens Healthineers Gets FDA Clearance for Its Smallest-Ever MRI Scanner
structural concepts as well as realizing a dramatic reduction
in our dependency on increasingly expensive, and sometimes
scarce, liquid helium coolant. "
For more info, see www.siemens-healthineers.com.
Siemens Healthineers has received clearance
from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for
its smallest and most lightweight whole-body
magnetic resonance scanner ever, the Magnetom
Free.Star. Designed as a cost-effective unit
to help improve patient access to MRI, it is the
second scanner on the company's High-V MR
platform following the Magnetom Free.Max. Both
units are based upon its DryCool superconducting
magnet technology.
The Free.Star has a 60 cm patient bore and combines
a 0.55 Tesla field strength with deep learning
technologies and advanced image processing.
Weighing 3.3 tons and less than 80 inches
high, it requires less than 1 liter of liquid helium
and no quench pipe, contributing to reduced infrastructure
and lifecycle costs. Reduced energy
consumption contributes to a reduction in total
lifecycle costs of more than 30 percent compared
to conventional scanners, says the company.
" Siemens Healthineers believes that patients everywhere
deserve access to magnetic resonance
imaging and its unique benefits, " said Jane
Kilkenny, vice president of the magnetic resonance
business at Siemens Healthineers North
America. " The Magnetom Free.Star is further
proof of our steadfast commitment to providing
customers with MRI scanners that are more costeffective,
more easily operable, and more easily
sited for installation at a wide variety of healthcare
institutions across the United States. "
" Our new DryCool magnet is a key enabling element
of our ground-breaking Magnetom Free.
Max MRI system, " observes Simon Calvert, head
of product innovation and chief technology officer,
in the company's Magnetom Flash publication.
The development and production program
for the new generation magnet lasted four years
but was preceded by a research program lasting
seven years, focused on completely transforming
and deploying new superconducting MRI magnet
technologies, he explains. " The program included
developing new magnet coil technology and
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